(06-28-2015, 02:49 PM)Glioca Sargonnai Wrote: If you saw that as me talking down to you, I'm sorry you misinterpreted what I said. Â But it beggars the point. Â
If I can be level 60 and play a weak character, why can't I be level 1 and play a strong character? Â Isn't that a bit of a double standard on the part of the RPer? Â
"You have to be game strong to be RP strong."
Don't you then have to be game weak to be RP weak? Â And I don't mean hiding your level, I mean genuinely a weak character, whose player leveled them up solely for certain gear because they like the styles, or because they enjoy the PvE aspect of the game, but don't want their in-game level to reflect in their RP?
Also, Kellach, what about on an alt? Â If I play an alt whose slain a primal, I do know how the fights went, because I did them on my main, and rewatched the cutscene numerous times. Â Does that experience count for nothing for that character, if I happen to not want to level that character past a certain level before I start RPing with them?
Points bolded are what I'm addressing:
1) To put it plainly, because 'weak' characters aren't special snowflakes. They are average. They're the everyday people we should be associating with, but aren't, because everyone wants to play the special snowflake. If you want to play the special snowflake, great! But what makes you special? What sets your character apart from the hundreds of other roleplayers playing special snowflakes?
When has anyone asked a 'weak' person to back up their claims that they're a bad mage? Or an inexperienced swordsman? Or a terrible cook?
We're not called upon to prove a negative.
2) Even though this was addressed to Kellach: To me, that sounds a lot like metagaming.
